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Three Moments of an Explosion: Available Copies

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First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. Small red remainder dot on bottom of page edges. 382 pages. Twenty-eight stories in this collection, many published for the first time. Light edgewear to the spine top and bottom, otherwise a very good and unread copy.

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First edition, first printing, hardcover. 382 pages. Very good with head/tail of spine bumped and small indentation to bottom edge of rear cover, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. NOT price-clipped. NOT ex-library. NOT a remainder. Collection of twenty-eight stories - many published here for the first time.

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We're happy to combine shipping to save you some money. We're also always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of any and all books for you, please just ask! SOFT COVERED ADVANCED READING COPY. Virtually no wear to covers. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. NO remainder mark.

Del Rey. Used; Very Good. Del Rey 2016. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: none. Small remainder mark NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - NPR - The Guardian - Kirkus Reviews - The fiction of multiple award - winning author China Mieville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility, employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative, unexpected ways. London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously reborn, clamber from the sea and onto the land, driven by an obscure purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpse's bones - designs clearly present from birth, bearing mute testimony to . . . what? Of such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collection - many published here for the first time. By turns speculative, satirical, and heart-wrenching, fresh in form and language, and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the world - and at times the deeper weirdness of themselves - Three Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of literature's most original voices. . 2016. TRADE PAPERBACK.

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Paperback. The multi-award-winning China Mieville has been called 'the equal of David Mitchell or Zadie Smith' (Scotland on Sunday), a writer whose 'inventiveness and precision is awesome' (Independent), and who writes with 'an imagination of immense power' (Guardian). In this extraordinary series of stories, glistening icebergs float above urban horizons; a burning stag runs wild through the city; the ruins of industry emerge unsteadily from the sea; and the abandoned generations in a decayed space-elevator look not up at the stars but down at the Earth. Ranging from portraits of childhood to chilling ghost stories, from dystopian visions to poignant evocations of uncanny love, with beautiful prose and melancholy wit, this breath-taking collection poses searching questions of what it is to be human in an unquiet world. It is a humane and unsentimental investigation of our society, our world, and ourselves. A highly anticipated collection of short fiction from one of the most exciting and original authors writing today. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post NPR The Guardian Kirkus Reviews The fiction of multiple awardwinning author China Mieville is powered by intelligence and imagination. Like George Saunders, Karen Russell, and David Mitchell, he pulls from a variety of genres with equal facility, employing the fantastic not to escape from reality but instead to interrogate it in provocative, unexpected ways. London awakes one morning to find itself besieged by a sky full of floating icebergs. Destroyed oil rigs, mysteriously reborn, clamber from the sea and onto the land, driven by an obscure purpose. An anatomy student cuts open a cadaver to discover impossibly intricate designs carved into a corpses bonesdesigns clearly present from birth, bearing mute testimony to . . . what? Of such concepts and unforgettable images are made the twenty-eight stories in this collectionmany published here for the first time. By turns speculative, satirical, and heart-wrenching, fresh in form and language, and featuring a cast of damaged yet hopeful seekers who come face-to-face with the deep weirdness of the worldand at times the deeper weirdness of themselvesThree Moments of an Explosion is a fitting showcase for one of literatures most original voices.Praise for Three Moments of an Explosion China Mieville is dazzling. His latest collection of short stories, Three Moments of an Explosion, crowds virtuosity into every sentence.The New York Times You cant talk about [China] Mieville without using the word brilliant. . . . His wit dazzles, his humour is lively, and the pure vitality of his imagination is astonishing.Ursula K. Le Guin, The Guardian [A] gripping collection . . . Mieville expertly mixes science fiction, fantasy and surrealism. . . . Amid the longer stories are more cerebral, poetic flash pieces that will haunt the reader beyond the pages of this exceptional book.The Washington Post The stories shine . . . with a winking brilliance.The Seattle Times Mind-bending excursions into the fantastic.NPR Bradbury meets Borges, with Lovecraft gibbering tumultuously just out of hearing.Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Three Moments of an Explosion is a book filled with fabulous oddities.Entertainment Weekly Mieville moves effortlessly among realism, fantasy, and surrealism. . . . His characters, whether ordinary witnesses to extraordinary events or lunatics operating out of inexplicable compulsions, are invariably well drawn and compelling.Publishers Weekly (starred review) Includes an excerpt from The last days of new Paris. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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